Advanced Search You can search only one database at a time using the Advanced Search facility. Make sure you use the drop-down list to select the appropriate database. Find further guidance here. Collection to search in: Archive Museum Word(s) from title/content The title of a record will contain a brief description of what the record is. The content may contain more detailed information. We recommend using this option. Level of Description This reflects where a record sits in a hierarchy. Please refer to further guidance. --- Select description level --- Collection Sub-collection Section Sub-section Sub-sub section Piece Item Reference Use if you know the collection reference. Subject term This searches a thesaurus of approved subject terms. You need to think about the term you wish to use. For example blitz is not a subject term but World War 2 is. Not all of our records have been linked to a subject thesaurus. Therefore relying on this field will produce a limited range of results. We recommend you use title/content. This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Person/Institution This searches a thesaurus of approved persons names. Records have not been frequently linked to the persons thesaurus. Therefore relying on this field will produce a limited range of results. We recommend you use title/content. Place This searches a thesaurus of approved geographical terms. Not all of our records have been linked to a geographical term. Therefore relying on this field will produce a limited range of results. We recommend you use title/content. This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Sort by: Reference number Sort order: Ascending Descending Only records with images: Only records with images Word(s) in title/description Artist/maker Enter the surname first, followed by initials or forenames. If this does not produce the results you expect, try entering the surname followed by *. Object name Enter a term eg ribbon. This will bring up all records where ribbon is the first word of the object name. If you put an * before ribbon, you will get all the records which contain the word ribbon in their object name, eg woven silk ribbon This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Subject This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Material This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Place This is the place where the object was found or excavated. It mainly applies to Natural History and Archaeology. This field only accepts exact answers by default (e.g. searching for "apple" will not retrieve a result where the term is "apples"). If you want to broaden your search then use the wildcard character: *. For example, searching for *a* will return anything containing an a (e.g. chalk), a* will return anything beginning with a (e.g. ant), and *a will return anything ending with a (e.g. tortilla). Person This can be the creator of the object, or a person associated with the object Sort by: Object number Maker/artist Object name Sort order: Ascending Descending Only records with images: Only records with images Search: